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A Passive Approach to the “Green Transformation” of our Economy Will Deprive us of our Prosperity
“The energy industry, transportation, and manufacturing are responsible for three fourths of Czechia’s Carbon Dioxide emissions. They are what needs to change the most”, says Jiří Švejcar…
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Russia Is No Upper Volta With Nuclear Weapons
MEP Alexandr Vondra is unequivocally in favour of helping Ukraine and its admission to NATO and the European Union, but only when the war is over. He is convinced that the Union will turn to the…
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Butler Britain. How the UK Helps Oligarchs and Kleptocrats
The Kremlin is deeply connected to the western financial system, and Russia and its elites were able to spend money and benefit from offshore accounts freely. All of that was done with the help of…
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Czecho-Slovakia, a country divided thirty years ago for nothing
On Saturday January 21st, 2023 I voluntarily headed to Forum Karlín – a concert hall situated right next to “Havel-friendly“ publishing house Economia – both as a journalist and,…
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Kazakhstan and the West: a strategic opportunity
Kazakhstan is a country of great strategic significance that is often overlooked. Recently, despite close relations with Putin’s Russia, it has succeeded in standing apart and above the fray. The…
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The Return of Power Politics
The West is having to reconsider its ambitions of promoting democracy around the world – ambitions that were behind the enlargement of NATO, over Russian objections – and to concentrate more on…
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Elżbieta Mączyńska: How to Deal with Inflation
Every crisis is a lesson. The lesson here is that you should not loosen monetary policy too much. The question is how to do it without harming the actual economy – says Professor Elżbieta Mączyńska…
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A Harsh Economic Season Has Arrived
It is particularly hard to feel optimistic about the season ahead of us. All indicators say it is going to be difficult, and that it will severely affect people’s lives and businesses alike. What are…
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Inflation: plague or acceptable cost of growth?
The United States fears inflation and is fighting it, having previously invoked it and downplayed it. Europe has contracted a milder variant and intends to live with it. But we must consider the…
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A second chance for Europe’s currency?
The euro is a child of Germany’s unification and of the need to solidly anchor Germany to the European Community. The crisis triggered by the pandemic and the abundant geopolitical tensions today can…